Biology teacher committed sex acts with student, deputies say

GREENVILLE, S.C. (WSPA)–A former Greer High School teacher and coach has been charged with sexual battery of a student.

Elizabeth Heaton Taylor, 27, of Simpsonville has been charged with giving false information to police and two counts of sexual battery with a student 16 or 17 years of age.

Taylor was a biology teacher and track coach for Greer High School at the time of the incidents.

The Greenville County Sheriff’s Office said deputies saw an SUV suspiciously parked near a building on Holland Road around 6:30 p.m. Thursday. Deputies say they found Taylor partially clothed in an SUV with a student. Deputies say Taylor gave investigators a false name and they learned that she had engaged in sex acts with the student on at least two separate occasions.